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  • WayOut Kids jumping with arms raised in front of the Children's Museum of Tacoma

Children’s Museum of Tacoma Dedicates Pay As You Will Day to Way Out Kids

March 27th, 2023|Comments Off on Children’s Museum of Tacoma Dedicates Pay As You Will Day to Way Out Kids

On Thursday, April 6, 2023, Greentrike is dedicating Pay As You Will (PAYW) admission at the Children's Museum of Tacoma to support WayOut Kids (WOK) and their Tacoma Juneteenth Celebration. The day falls during Spring Break week for Tacoma students, bringing in more traffic to the Museum than on [...]

  • AFU (or) Hungry Ghost, 2015 Designed by Oliver Bonjour (age 10), made by Museum of glass Hot Shop team Blown and hot-sculpted glass with applied bits Collection of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington Photo courtesy of Museum of Glass

Children’s Museum of Tacoma Showcases Glass Art Designed by Children

March 22nd, 2023|Comments Off on Children’s Museum of Tacoma Showcases Glass Art Designed by Children

Beginning Thursday, March 22, Greentrike and the Museum of Glass (MOG) will partner to bring a collection of glass art designed by children to the Children’s Museum of Tacoma. The temporary exhibition features artwork from MOG’s ongoing program Kids Design Glass. The glass sculptures are viewable in the cabinets [...]

  • AFU (or) Hungry Ghost, 2015 Designed by Oliver Bonjour (age 10), made by Museum of glass Hot Shop team Blown and hot-sculpted glass with applied bits Collection of Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington Photo courtesy of Museum of Glass

Now Showing: Kids Design Glass at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma

March 21st, 2023|Comments Off on Now Showing: Kids Design Glass at the Children’s Museum of Tacoma

Artwork from the Kids Design Glass is on display at the Children's Museum of Tacoma starting March 22, 2023 and will be on display for the duration of the Illuminate exhibit at the Museum of Glass (MOG). The glass artworks are designed by children and crafted by the Hot Shop [...]

  • Millionth visitor family and Greentrike staff inside the Children's Museum of Tacoma

1 Million Visitors in 11 Years

January 19th, 2023|Comments Off on 1 Million Visitors in 11 Years

Greentrike staff welcomed the millionth visitor to the Children’s Museum of Tacoma on Friday morning, January 13. The millionth visitor family was showered with confetti while staff and guests cheered gleefully as they checked in. The special family received a birthday party at the Museum, annual membership, and a [...]

City of Tacoma Safe Youth Campaign

September 21st, 2022|Comments Off on City of Tacoma Safe Youth Campaign

Violent crime in Tacoma has nearly doubled in the last 12 months. Now, more than ever before, youth in our community need safe spaces to live and thrive. Over the summer, Mayor Victoria Woodards, Council Member Kiara Daniels, and Council Member Sarah Rumbaugh, in collaboration with the Foundation for [...]

Play to Learn Volunteer Spotlight: Gloria Hunt

September 21st, 2022|Comments Off on Play to Learn Volunteer Spotlight: Gloria Hunt

Once a week Gloria Hunt wears tambourine bracelets, sings thematic songs, collects toys in a whale patterned fabric basket, and stamps goodbye hearts onto growing hands. For the last six years, Gloria has been volunteering at Play to Learn Pierce County at Puyallup Public Library.  “When kids come through [...]

  • Back to school festival booth and families

2022 Back to School Festival Features Live Performances and Free Backpacks for Students

August 12th, 2022|Comments Off on 2022 Back to School Festival Features Live Performances and Free Backpacks for Students

The Greentrike Back to School Festival returns on August 31 for its second year in downtown Tacoma, centrally located in Tollefson Plaza. The Festival is Pierce County’s most playful event celebrating the return to school for students in grades pre-K to 12. The Festival takes place from 11 a.m. [...]

  • child with net and water spout plays in children's museum of Tacoma's water playscape

Water Refresh Adds More Play

July 28th, 2022|Comments Off on Water Refresh Adds More Play

The Children’s Museum of Tacoma is renewing Water to add more play to the family-favorite playscape. Greentrike, the nonprofit organization that powers the Museum, is partnering with Pacific Studio to revitalize Water with new materials and structures, including an Archimedes Screw and a Vortex with a clear 360-degree view. [...]

Pierce County Students Call For Safe Spaces and Organizational Support

July 21st, 2022|Comments Off on Pierce County Students Call For Safe Spaces and Organizational Support

In response to the recent tragedy in Hilltop, Seeds of Peace (SOP) hosted a Healing Circle at the Tacoma Urban Performing Arts Center to provide young people a space to process the loss of a child through violence, discuss safe spaces, and come up with solutions on how to [...]

We The Youth: Pierce County Students Talk Race Equity and Gun Violence

June 29th, 2022|Comments Off on We The Youth: Pierce County Students Talk Race Equity and Gun Violence

While Seeds of Peace has been convening students for years, this town hall held a certain promise: that their voices would be heard by local adults who have the power to help them make tangible change. Pierce County youth gathered earlier this month to talk about safety and race [...]

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